Cause Effect Essay

Depression

Two year ago I had big problem, the doctor diagnosed me chronic Maculopathy and I thought that I would lose the vision, it was difficult for me because I can’t do activities that need  near vision since then, I spent most of the day sleeping, I felt tired all the time, in other words I had lost interest in activities that I used to enjoy for example: my mom was surprised when I stayed at home instead of joining  whit my friends, I didn’t  realized what happened, but I was depressed. There are many causes that produce depression and it is important to know the effects. 

There are many environmental events that cause depression. It is clear that some people develop depression after a stressful event; therefore environmental events are those things that happen in the course of our everyday lives such as loneliness, marital o relationship problems for example when people get divorced, financial problems especially when a business bankruptcy, early childhood trauma or abuse, alcohol or drug abuse and health problems similar to my case that I described in the introduction. As a result of those environmental events, many people suffer of depression and it can affect our thoughts, emotions and behaviors.

Environmental events are not the only cause of depression, but biological factors as well. We can find that many biological factors contribute to the depression and it is important to know that the biological factor include physical changes to the brain and it is known that some part of the depressed brain show less activity that normal brain; moreover, as a result of hormone changes in our body many people are depressed for example, we can see in persons who have menopause or thyroid problems. 

Due to many causes of depression, it brings about negative effects, such as psychological and physical problems.

As a result of depression, many people have psychological problems. As we know, depression is a serious medical illness that involves the brain, for that reason all people that have depression have many problems in their work because they are slow and less productive. Also, they make more mistakes. At home, they lack interest in their family. Finally it should be mentioned that, depressed people always have thoughts of death or suicide that is a fatal decision.

As result of depression many people have physical problems. Most depressed people from chronic fatigue; furthermore, they have a larger than normal risk of somatic illnesses for example headache, digestive problems, cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and so on.

In conclusion, It is so important to know the causes and effects of depression because if you know the cause of your depression it may help you to overcome the problem, taking an antidepressant is not only one solution but there are many natural treatment as well.